Doll&#39;s eyes for stuffed dolls



OC' 16, 1962 J. swEDLlN 3,058,262

DOLLS EYES FOR STUFFED DOLLS Filed March 50, 1960 31 i j, R 2 I /l/,f/I/ 55) J4 INVENTOR.

3,058,262 DLLS EYES F?. STUFFED DOLLS Jacob Swedlin, 80 Salem Road,Rockville Center, N.Y. Filed Mar. 30, 1950, Ser. No. 18,723 4 Claims.(Cl. 46-169) This invention relates to dolls, such as Teddy Bears andthe like stuffed dolls.

An object of this invention is to provide a doll of the characterdescribed having highly improved dolls eye construction, comprising apair `of individual eye socket holders or members made of soft resilientrubber-like plastic, and individually attached to inner edges of a pairof enlarged openings in the outer cover of the dolls head, and eachcontaining a dolls eye assembly co-mprising an eye cage and an eyeballmember rotatable therein.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved stuifed dollconstruction of the character described in which the individual eyeholders or socket members each comprises a front annular ange stitchedat its outer edge to edges of openings in the doll head cover, and asocket portion extending from the flange and having an eye openingthrough which the eye member is forced into the socket, the front of theflange being exposed and carrying an embossed or molded design at itsfront side which may be seen, thereby enhancing the appearance of thedoll.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a strong and durablestuffed doll which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easyto assemble, attractive in appearance and yet practical and efficient toa high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in parthereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of invention will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which is shown an illustrativeembodiment of this invention,

FIG. l is a front view of a doll embodying the invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 2--2 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a front view of a dolls eye assembly;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the structure of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIG. 3; and

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 6-6 of FIG. 2, butwithout the stuing.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, 10 designates a doll embodyingthe invention here shown in the form of a stuffed Teddy Bear.

The doll 10 comprises a body 11, provided with a head 12, arms 13 andlegs 14. The head, arms and legs as well as the body each comprise anouter cover with stuifing inside.

The invention herein relates to the head 12 only, which comprisesgenerally an outer cover 16 filled with stuflng 17. The cover maycomprise various sections of pile fabric stitched together by seams.Thus the cover 16 may comprise a nose section 18 stitched as at 19 to afabric or belt section 20 at its underside to simulate the top of themouth of the doll. Also there may be provided a chin section 21,stitched as at 22, to a fabric or felt section 23 simulating the bottomof the dolls mouth. A tongue simulating member 24, of cloth or felt, isstitched as at 25 to the rear of sections 20 and 23. The nose section 18is stitched as at 28 to the front end of a 3,058,252 Patented Oct. 16,1962 forehead section 30 and'to side face sections '31 which are alsostitched to the forehead section las yat 32. Stitched to the side facesections 31, as at 32, are rear sections 33 stitched together as at 34.Ears 35 are stitched between the side face sections and the rearsections, at seams 32.

The side face sections 31 are each fonmed with la large round opening 40cut therefrom and larger than the eye of the doll, as will lbe seenhereinafter. The edge portion of each opening 40 is folded back inwardlyas at 41, and stitched to each folded back section, by stitching 42, isan eye holder or socket member 43.

Each eye socket member 43 is made of soft, resilient, rubber-like,synthetic plastic material and comprises a central substantiallyspherical portion 44 having an eye opening 45 at the front,substantially elliptical in shape. At the eye opening 45 is aconstricted neck 46 from which extends outwardly, an annular flange 47having a circular outer edge portion 48. It is these outer edge portions48 of the eye holder 43 which overlap or overlie the -folded back edgeportions 41, and are stitched by the stitching 42 to said folded backedge portions. Said stitching 42 goes around the outer end edges of theflanges 47. The stitching 42 is thus concealed.

The front of the ange 47 has inclined, wavy, radiating integral ridges50.

Forced into each socket portion 44 through its eye opening 45 is an eyemember 55. Each eye member 55 may comprise an eye cage 56 gripped bysocket portion 44 and having a front cage portion 57 Iformed With anelliptical eye opening 58 substantially registering with eye opening 45of the eye holder. Clamped to the front cage portion 57 is a rear cageportion 59 snapped thereon by suitable means, well known in the art. Thefront cage portion 57 has bearings to rotatably support an eyeballmember 60 formed with opposed pintles `61 received in suitable bearingholes 62 in front cage portion 57 for this purpose. The front of eyeball members 60 are suitably decorated to simulate eyes which are seenthrough openings 45, 58.

The construction of the eye member 55 is Well known in the art.

The fibers of the pile may cover a little of the front surfaces oflflanges 47, but the ridges 50 or wavy grooves at the front surfaces maybe seen, and impart an attractive appearance to the doll. 'Ihe eyeopenings 45, 48 are smaller than the openings 40.

It will t-hus be seen that there is provided an apparatus in which theseveral objects of this invention are achieved and which is well adaptedto meet the conditions of practical use.

As possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and asvarious changes might be made in the embodiment above set forth, it isto be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in theaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

I claim:

1. A stuffed doll comprising a head having an outer cover formed with apair of head openings, dolls eye holders covering said openings, eacheye holder comprising a socket portion formed with a constricted neckforming an eye opening, and an integral annular flange extendingoutwardly from the neck, means to attach said flanges to the outer coverat said head openings with outer sides of said annular anges exposed toview from the front of the doll, stuffing within the outer cover, anddolls eye members within said socket portions, said eye holders beingmade of soft, resilient, rubber-like material, and said eye members eachcomprising an eye cage disposed within and gripped by the socket portionof an eye holder and having an eye opening registering with the eyeopening in the eye holder, and an eyeball member rotatably i 3 mountedin the cage, said radiating integral ridges at their outer sides.

2. In combination, a dolls head having a pair of head openings, a pairof dolls eye members comprising dolls eye holders having socket portionsformed with constricted eye openings and `annular anges extendingoutwardly therefrom and attached to the head at said head openings, eyemembers in said socket portions, said eye openings exposing said eyemembers, and front surface portions of said flanges being exposed toview from the front of the head, the outer edge portions of said flangesoverlapping inner edge portions of said openings in said head, saidinner edge portions of said openings in the head being folded backinwardly and attached to the overlapping portions of said flanges bystitching, the front surfaces of said flanges being provided withinclined, wavy, radiating ridges.

3. The combination of claim 2, said eye holders being made of resilient,soft, rubber-like material, and said eye members comprising cagesgripped Within the socket poranges having wavy inclined tions, andformed with eye openings registering with the eye openings in the eyeholders, and eyeball members oscillatably mounted in said cages andhaving portions exposed through the registering openings in the cagesand eye holders.

4. The combination of claim 3, the openings in the head being circular,the outer edges of the flanges being circular, and the eye openings int-he eye holders and cages being elliptical and smaller than theopenings in the head.

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